ENG250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: The Contemporary Review, Yelp, Orality
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Surprising because of her character, late puritan perspective and world looked pretty different. Benjamin franklin"s journals good example of later autobiography more about the individual and self-growth, whereas spiritual autobiography puts self in comparison to spiritual ideologies. Picaresque novel: fictional story presents story of low-degree social standing o. Not published but humorous, seem like they are aimed at some kind of o o o audience. Wilderness is sort of challenging, romantic and literary. Moments of intense literary language, continues with the moon for a good page. Moments that we have elevated literary language, kind of the prime difference between rowlandson and nature. What does she value? (and what can we make of this?) Critiques the way different people treat her (278-279) She is always the consumer, always judging how other people are dealing with or treating her. About narrator always establishing her elevated class and status and belittling other people.
